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Dr. Anthony Fauci, a member of the Coronavirus Task Force, confirmed on March 11, 2020, that the worst is “yet to come” for the USA, as the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus continues to spread. Dr. Fauci made the statement during a House Committee on Oversight and Reform telebriefing, when he was asked by Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-NY.

Dr. Fauci continued saying.... “although we are containing it in some respects, we keep getting (infected) people that are travel-related."

In order for the USA to mitigate this issue, Dr. Fauci said, we will need to contain “the influx of people who are infected coming from the outside” and “within our own country.”

In contrast to these comments, the WHO continues to recommend against implementing travel restrictions to reduce the spreading of this novel coronavirus. However, the WHO suggests increasing testing services at entry-points for most countries.

All of Italy has become a protected area with the latest decree signed on March 9, 2020, by Italy's Prime Minister, Giuseppe Conte. The new provisions come into force on March 10th and will take effect until April 3rd. 

Among the main innovations is this decree limits the movement of people, blocks sporting events, suspends teaching activities in schools and universities throughout Italy.

All Italians are required to leave the house only for work needs, health reasons and if required, these needs must be attested by self-declaration.

Furthermore, British Airways and Air France say it will suspend all Italy flights through early April 2020.

“I want to guarantee the community that the subways continue to be secure,” said Pat Foye, MTA’s chairman, at headquarters in New York City (NYC) on March 9, 2020. Minutes later, Foye is reported by ABC14 to have said: “If you can get around (NYC) without riding the subway, do it.”

Following those comments, the MTA announced on March 10, 2020, it is ramping up its efforts to disinfect the subway. Surfaces, turnstiles, and railings at each of the NYC’s 472 subway stations will be wiped down with bleach and chemicals twice a day moving forward, reported local media.

DARPA’s Pandemic Prevention Platform (P3) isn’t looking to create a vaccine, which can take years to produce. Rather, the goal is to identify the specific monoclonal antibodies that the body naturally produces when it encounters a virus and then trick the body into producing the one that guards against a specific illness. That could serve as a temporary, months-long shield, that can protect an individual from the pathogen.

The P3's principal benefit of the nucleic-acid-based approach to limiting the spread of infection is that genetic constructs introduced into the body would process quickly and not integrate into an individual’s genome. Similarly, the antibodies produced in response to treatment would only be present in the body for weeks to months.

On March 10, 2020, Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow announced in an email all Harvard courses will move to remote instruction beginning March 23rd, as a result of a growing global coronavirus outbreak.

And, the University will also ask students not to return from spring break.

As part of the government-wide efforts to respond to the global outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced it intends to purchase 500 million N95 respirators over the next 18 months for the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS). Through guaranteed orders, this acquisition encourages manufacturers to immediately increase the production of N95s for use by healthcare professionals. 

The SNS is the nation’s largest supply of potentially life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical supplies for use in a public health emergency severe enough to cause local supplies to run out.

Late on March 9, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) told employees who work on the 9th floor of the agency's Washington, D.C., headquarters that they should telework due to the increased risk of coronavirus infection, reported the Washington Post.

SEC officials added that the employee did not exhibit any COVID-19 disease symptoms while working in the agency's office.